Friday, 11 May 2012

As I promised in this post, here is a full entry dedicated to decopatch. I haven't mentioned on here that I am to be married, even though my wedding is a whole year away I am starting with all my decor now because (A.) I just can't wait and (B.) I like to be organised and (C.) as I am doing it all myself it is going to a while! The theme we are having is rustic red roses hence the red rose paper I will be using and the twine to hang.

Yesterday was such a good day! Went to the ICHF event Creativestitches & Hobbycrafts at Aintree. Me and a lot of older people it seems young people don't craft or sew anymore!? There was a wide variety of supplies for stitching, dressmaking, beading, knitting, papercrafts, jewellery making, beading, stamping and embossing as well as workshops. Here are my goodies from the day -

Fabrics - the orange one is simply beautiful with floral embroidery .

Ribbon and Giant buttons, who wouldn't want or need giant buttons!?

DECOPATCH!!!

super cute babies/children sewing patterns

My personal fave has to the Decopatch goodies, the letters are for the wedding reception and the paper is a beautiful red rose design. I will dedicate a full post to how I get on with it but for now here is a link to the website to see what beautiful creations you can make - DECOPATCH.

The workshops were so inspiring, the people just made it look effortless. I (tried) made ribbon roses, used a foil machine (they are amazing for handmade invitations), learnt how to decopatch and watched how with a stencil, soap and glitter you can make the most beautiful designs.

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

I began a course this week called the enterprise course with the Prince's Trust, It's basically a course for young people wanting to start up their own business. I have learnt so much in the past 2 days, 2 more to go! Hopefully by the end of it (the not revealing the name till i buy the domain) boutique will not only be a dream but a likely reality!

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Me an my little boy are going to a Pirates & Princess' party this weekend, very exciting! This post will be about how I created his costume and I will do another post about how I did my Princess Jasmine costume (yes i am getting dressed up to!!!)

Please note when I say under £7 It is because I tried to use what I already had as much as possible. I bought the red t-shirt, stripey tights and skull patch from ebay which came to £6.50 the rest of the stuff I already had and you probably will to!

Sunday, 5 February 2012

I've been a busy bee this week sewing a little outfit for my niece's Birthday, she is the big 2 today!

Pillowcase dress

green gingham bloomers with matching ruffle headband

drawstring gift bag to present the outfit in

Probably can't see from the picture but the floral fabric has green flowers on, so the bloomers compliment the dress very well. I will definitely be making more baby/toddler outfits! Really enjoyed this project and i'm really pleased with the outcome.

So this was on one of my first projects on my new sewing machine! Really pleased with how they turned out, can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can start wearing them! I used the free pattern from coletterie.com

Apologies for long absence, been having major Macbook issues and had a very hectic Christmas/New year!! But i'm back with a brand new sewing machine and this gorgeous book from Liberty with lots of beautiful sewing projects, Can't wait to get started on some and share with you all.

This is me

Hey, well I am a 26 year old mixed media artist. I love to craft and sew also! I live in Liverpool, England and will use this blog to showcase my creations and also provide tutorials. I hope you enjoy!